William Hurt
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English
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Like everybody else, Blake Pellerin (William Hurt) has a past. He's running for the Governor of Missouri, so his past is under intense scrutiny. Blake handles it well, trading barbs with his opponent, while managing to maintain a strained relationship with his wife. When a reporter begins asking questions about Blake's political mentor, Kim Mennaker (Hawthorne), Blake starts to get a little nervous. A strange note left in his room leads Blake to...
2) The King
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Language
English
Description
A troubled man (Gael Garcia Bernal) recently discharged from the Navy, goes to Corpus Christi, Texas, in search of the father he's never met.
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Moby Dick volume 2
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English
Description
Captain Ahab's need to slay the great whale Moby Dick has becomes and all-out obsession that proves dangerous and impossible for the crew. Stars William Hurt, Ethan Hawke, Gillian Anderson, Donald Sutherland, Eddie Marsan and Raoul Trujillo.
Author
Series
Moby Dick volume 1
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English
Description
In this awe-inspiring adventure of vengeance and obsession the crew of the sailing vessel Pequod finds itself under the mad will of the avenging Captain Ahab. Stars William Hurt, Ethan Hawke, Gillian Anderson, Donald Sutherland, Eddie Marsan and Raoul Trujillo.
5) The Doctor
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English
Description
Being a patient for the first time changes the life of a surgeon, as he experiences what it's like to be on the other side of a medical chart.
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English
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One of the most critically-acclaimed films of the 80s, Children of a Lesser God garnered four Academy Award nominations and a Best Actress Oscar for Marlee Matlin. Based on the hit Broadway play, it's the uplifting love story of John Leeds (William Hurt), an idealistic special education teacher, and a headstrong deaf girl named Sarah (Marlee Matlin). At first, Leeds sees Sarah as a teaching challenge. But soon their teacher/student relationship blossoms...
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Series
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English
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Published in 1926 to explosive acclaim, The Sun Also Rises stands as perhaps the most impressive first novel ever written by an American writer. A roman ̉clef about a group of American and English expatriates on an excursion from Paris's Left Bank to Pamplona for the July fiesta and its climactic bull fight, a journey from the center of a civilization spiritually bankrupted by the First World War to a vital, God-haunted world in which faith and honor...
9) Black Widow
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
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Description
Following the events of Captain America: Civil War, Natasha Romanoff-- the Black Widow-- confronts the darker parts of her ledger when a dangerous conspiracy with ties to her past arises. Pursued by a force that will stop at nothing to bring her down, Natasha must deal with her history as a spy and assassin, and the broken relationships left in her wake long before she became an Avenger.
10) The village
Series
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
In a quiet, isolated village in olde Pennsylvania, there lies a pact between the people of the village and the creatures who reside in the surrounding woods. The townspeople do not enter the woods, and the creatures do not enter the village. The pact stays in tact for many years, that is until the headstrong Lucius Hunt seeks medical supplies from neighboring towns beyond the woods. Animal carcasses begin to appear around the village, causing the...
12) Robin Hood
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
In 13th century England, Robin and his band of marauders confront corruption in a local village and lead an uprising against the crown that will forever alter the balance of world power. And whether thief or hero, one man from humble beginnings will become an eternal symbol of freedom for his people.
13) Body heat
Pub. Date
2006
Edition
Deluxe edition.
Language
English
Description
A lawyer has a love affair with a woman and gets involved in a plot to kill her husband.
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Formats
Description
Scientist Bruce Banner has been living in the shadows, scouring the earth for an antidote. Warmongers dream of abusing his powers and won't leave Bruce alone. He suffers from his constant need to be with the only woman he has ever love, Betty Ross, and Bruce knows that he must return to civilization. The brilliant doctor is ruthlessly pursued by a nightmarish beast of pure adrenaline and aggression called The Abomination whose powers match that of...
16) Into the wild
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
Freshly graduated from college with a promising future ahead, Christopher McCandless walked out of his privileged life and into the wild in search of adventure. What happened to him on the way transformed this young wanderer into an enduring symbol for countless people - a fearless risk-taker who wrestled with the precarious balance between man and nature. Based on a true story.
17) The host
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
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Description
When an unseen enemy threatens mankind by taking over humans' bodies and erasing their minds, a young woman risks everything to protect the people she cares about most.
18) Broadcast news
Series
Criterion collection volume 552
Language
English
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Description
A caustic inside look at the Washington news media, stars Holly Hunter in her breakout role, as a feisty television producer torn between an ambitious yet dim anchorman and her closest confidant, a cynical veteran reporter. James L. Brooks' witty, gently prophetic entertainment is a captivating transmission from an era in which ideas on love and media were rapidly changing.
19) Dark City
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
What if you woke one morning to realize that every memory, every emotion, every fact you believed true about your life had been manufactured by someone else and placed in your mind? In this fascinating and provocative science fiction tale, John Murdoch-wanted for a series of brutal murders-realizes that everything he believes about himself is a lie. Murdoch's bittersweet childhood, his love for his estranged wife and the hideous series of murders...
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
Tom is a loving, well-respected family man from a small Indiana town. When two criminals show up at his diner, Tom is forced to take action and thwart the robbery attempt. Suddenly heralded as a local hero who took the courage to stand up to crime, people look up to Tom as a man of high moral regard. But all the media attention attracts the likes of the mob, who show up at Tom's doorstep. Is it a case of mistaken identity or does Tom have a history...
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